SALT-WATER BAIT 



A GREAT many salt-water anglers 

 consider any old bait will do for 

 sea fishing, but this is not entirely 

 true; sometimes there are fish which will 

 certainly take everything put before them in 

 any shape or manner. But watch the vet- 

 eran, how careful he is, how little he talks, 

 while he cuts up his bait or arranges his kil- 

 lies and shrimps on the hooks. Examine his 

 catch at the end of the day, and compare it 

 with that of the man who chucks things 

 around. Without any doubt shrimps and 

 bloodworms stand first on the list as the 

 best all-round bait for sea fishing; next 

 comes live killies for the larger fish, and 

 pieces of clam for the smaller. But the 

 different shell fish are in many cases splen- 

 did lures shedder crab, hermit crab and 

 fiddlers. Then comes strips of dead fish 

 herring, mossbunker, porgy, sea robin, 



